Dictionary entry

Conduction

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐duc″tion (kŏn‐dŭk″shŭn), n. [L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.] 1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. The act of training up. B. Jonson.

3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

communication from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction.

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